Three men who stood in the same line in Auschwitz have nearly consecutive numbers: From left, Menachem Shulovitz, 80, bears B14594; Anshel Udd Sharezky, 81, was B14595; and Jacob Zabetzky, 83, was B14597. “We were strangers standing in line in…
A 2,000-year-old trove of rare bronze coins from a Late Second Temple Period Jewish settlement was discovered in Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced today. The discovery was made after pottery shards discovered several months ago, during construction to…
The latest revelation about the Holocaust stuns even the scholars who thought they already knew everything about the horrific details of Germany’s program of genocide against the Jewish people. It’s taken more than 70 years to finally know the full…
English Translation: As I was sitting on the plane, I couldn’t help but notice the man on my left. He was eating a non-kosher cutlet and the name on the wrapping cover read Weinstein. Hoping not to offend him, I…
Now this is how you answer a Nazi… If I am to understand that you are inquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted…
The bold print below is from Wilson’s Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem concerning the underground chambers of the Temple Mount. He calls them “cisterns.” A few years later, Charles Warren checked Wilson’s measurements and made many additional ones of his own.…
The bold print below is from Wilson’s Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem concerning the underground chambers of the Temple Mount. He calls them “cisterns.” A few years later, Charles Warren checked Wilson’s measurements and made many additional ones of his own.…
To “check out” an item from the library, please click on the underlined words. 1. Wilson & Warren’s Map of the Subterranean Chambers of the Temple Mount. During the 1860’s, Charles Wilson and Charles Warren, two English surveyors and historians,…
Exhibit 50a- Bais HaMikdash. The Bais Hamikdash as it looked 2,000 years ago. The various doorways and entrances have been displayed and discussed in other rooms of the Museum. Based on drawing by L. Ritmeyer. Exhibit 50b- Bais HaMikdash. The…
CHAPTER 5 MISHNAH 1: THE WHOLE AZARAH(48) COURTYARD WAS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN [CUBITS] LONG BY A HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE WIDE. FROM EAST TO WEST IT WAS A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN. THE SPACE IN WHICH THE ISRAELITES STEPPED(17) WAS ELEVEN CUBITS. THE SPACE…